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This whole weekend was completely crazypants for me.

But...in a good way, mostly. Needless to say, I'm laying low tonight.

Thanks for rocking out with me, guys. It makes my withered excuse of a heart *sing!*

*Jazz hands!*

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(I'm so tired.)

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

Ich Bin Eine Auslander - Pop Will Eat Itself
Land of Milk and Honey - Funker Vogt
Half Asleep - Apoptygma Berzerk
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM remix) - Thrill Kill Kult
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Memento Mori - Demodulate



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Black Room

Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Boom Boom Boom - Nachtmahr
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist [request]
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz [request]
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module

Bats set listies: House party edition.

I got to go back to the hometown on Friday night, after being invited to be a guest DJ for my lovely friend, Elk's, birthday.

It was a house party.



Somewhat in the same vein as that, yes.

It was a hootenanny, though, and I was very delighted/flattered by the crowd participation and appreciation. Though the theme was Russian Gypsy, I played quite the variety. I got to spin stuff that wasn't just goth/industrial! Not that I don't love the stuff but I mean, hey, variety is the spice of life, n'est pas?

Went from gypsy stuff the bellydancers could hula-hoop/spin poi to, to hip-hop people could get fresh to, to the goth/industrial I'm usually spinning at The Box, and then transitioning into more indie/electro stuff. Topped the night off with an 80s/early 90s dance party. Went to nearly 5:00 in the morning.

The only reason I stopped was because my comp's battery was in dire need of recharging. Success!

And booze.

There was a lotta booze.

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Bats
Elk's birthday shindig
The Lovely Bonnie's abode
(Fucking) Ukiah, CA
WHATEVER THE FUCK WE COULD GET AWAY WITH



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Gypsy-ish transitioning into Hip-Hop

Hotel California - Gipsy Kings
Such a Lovely Thing - DeVotchKa!
A Dead Mouse - MF DOOM
It Takes a Seven Nation Army to Hold Us Back (feat. Emilio Lopez) - Apathy
Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
Dogz n Sledgez - Million Dan
Love Me Or Hate Me - Lady Sovereign
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
Beef Jerky - Cibo Matto
Buddy - De La Soul
Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force
Organ Donor - DJ Shadow
Who's the Realest? - The Herbaliser



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Goth/industrial

Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove - Dead Can Dance
#1 Crush - Garbage
It's No Good - Depeche Mode
Situation - Yaz
I'm Your Boogie Man (Sex on the Rocks mix) - White Zombie
Only - NIN
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM mix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Megalomaniac - KMFDM
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns
Heartbeats - The Knife
Structure - VNV Nation
Fuck the System--OH SHIT THE COMPUTER DROPPED OFF THE TABLE HALFWAY THROUGH IT BECAUSE WE WERE ALL ROCKING OUT SO FUCKING HARD. Luckily, it landed on my cushy travel bag. RESTART COMPY!!
Chop You - Demodulate
Satisfaction (Club mix) - Benny Benassi
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf mix) - Cyberpunkers [reprise]



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Indie/electro/my dream gay bar soundtrack

House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
Echoes - The Rapture
The Swisher - Summer's Eve
DARE - Gorillaz
Girls and Boys - Blur
Hella Nervous - Gravy Train!!!!
*break*
LoveGame (Aesthetic Perfection remix) - Lady Gaga [kinda-sorta request]
Bitches - Mindless Self Indulgence
Crystal Beaches Never Turned Me On - Neon Blonde
Cars Pass In Cold Blood - The Faint
We Used to be Friends - The Dandy Warhols
L'via L'Viaquez - The Mars Volta
Total Job (Photek mix) - The Faint
Modern Romance - The Rapture
Your Retro Career Melted - The Faint



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80s/early 90s dance party

This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
Need You Tonight - INXS
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
Temptation - New Order
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
I Can't Go For That - Hall and Oates
Groove Is In the Heart - Deee-Lite
Blue Monday - New Order
How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
*break*
Lucky Star - Madonna [special birthday dedication #1]
Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Killer Queen - Queen [special birthday dedication #2]
Just Like Heaven - The Cure [request]
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

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Thanks again for having me, folks. Thanks for being born, Elk. :)

And now to start plottin' for tonight. See you all there!

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Sunday night was rad. It was nice to return to The Box after a quick second. It was also a fun role reversal, having the DJs from Club Apparition invade our shores.

Good times, guys.

The Moon was on our side.

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

Perfect World - Killing Floor
Ich Bin Ein Auslander - Pop Will Eat Itself
Worlock - Skinny Puppy
Lust - KMFDM
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM mix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Virus (Aggro Mix) - Front Line Assembly (request)



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Black Room

Without Emotions - Combichrist
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
Structure - VNV Nation
Freuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
Spill - Demodulate
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers



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I head up to the northern lands this Friday for a friends' big birthday party, and will be spinning there. Set lists will follow. But I will be back in time for The Box, rest assured!

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Happy New Year, everybody.

I took a bit of a vacation/came down with the plague, so I didn't spin these past couple of weeks. It was a nice little breather, if you don't count the instances where I was hacking up viscous fluid.

But the spell was broken last night, when I was wrangled into spinning at Club Apparition with Mr. DJ Shadow Angel. And like Sleeping Beauty awakening by the kiss of her true love, it was magical. And stompy. Just like the fairy tale.

It was a lovely event, and I'm glad to have been part of it with y'all.

I may be making some more appearances there over the next month or so. I'll keep you posted. :)

So it goes: first set swirly, second set stompy.

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Bats
Club Apparition - San Jose (goth/deathrock/horrorpunk/new wave/industrial/ebm/noisy)



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Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths
From Her To Eternity ('87 version) - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
Transmission - Joy Division
True Faith - New Order
It's No Good - Depeche Mode
#1 Crush - Garbage
Chainsaw - Skinny Puppy



***BIRTHDAY CAAAAAAAAAKEEE!!!!!!!***



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My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Rituals (iVardensphere Remix) - God Module
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
Boom Boom Boom! - Nachtmahr
Structure - VNV Nation [kinda-sorta request]
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
100% - Angelspit
Megalomaniac - KMFDM [special bday dedication]
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf mix) - Cyberpunkers

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And so I prepare for The Box this Sunday. Hope to see you all there!

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I have no witty opening this time, unfortunately. Call it, the holidays, I guess.

But watching people dance and interacting with the audience (YOU GUYS!) always makes me happy. Thank you. I even got to bust out my favorite Amon Tobin song in the first set. Yay! <3

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

El Wraith [ed. note: I like to call it El Ghost] - Amon Tobin
Lust - KMFDM
Evil Playground - Front Line Assembly
Automatic Love - Die Form
Total Job (Photek Remix) - The Faint
Never Ending - Imperative Reaction



*BIRTHDAY CAKE INTERMISSION!!!*
Summer Prelude - Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet



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Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Remix) - Terrorfakt
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Remix) - Nachtmahr
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Satisfaction (Club Mix) - Benny Benassi

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No Box for me this Sunday, unfortunately. Going to be overloading on food and tidings of comfort and joy with la familia, which should be interesting. Alas, it'll still be up and running, so if you're in town you should go and shake it with the best of 'em.

Take care guys. Happy holidays to you all, whichever one you choose (or refuse) to celebrate.

*Imaginary snow drifting outside the window frame*

*Hot chocolate and gingerbread men cookies*

*Camera pans and fades to black*

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! PUBLICATION!!!! (part deux)

The second part of my short story, Orphanage has been published!!! You get to see Mayra Milk's especially snarkier side.

Check it out in Underneath the Juniper Tree's Winter Issue!

Awesome artwork this time around is by the artist Luis Pinto. Again, VERY flattered to have such awesome art paired with my words.

Only one more part after this one, and I'm keeping you posted as soon as it comes out! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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DJ Stats gave me the sweetest compliment last night. She said if her roommate ever murdered me (which he most likely wouldn't, but, you know), she would murder him in retaliation.

D'aaaawwwww!

Make a girl feel special, why don't ya. :)

Seriously, though: thank you for the compliments, guys. It really does mean a lot to me, and makes me feel all spiffy. And thanks for braving the rainy and the coldy last night, everyone. Shaking and stomping is the surest way to warm both the body and soul, am I right? (I am.)

I was in the Black Room both times! The power of oontz compels me!

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

Evil Playground - Front Line Assembly
Land of Milk and Honey - Funker Vogt
American Porn Song - 16 Volt
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM remix) - Thrill Kill Kult



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Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Boom Boom Boom! - Nachtmahr
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Structure - VNV Nation
Agenda Suicide (Adult.period remix) - The Faint (request [kinda])
Sleep Now (Angelspit mix) - Angelspit
Chop You - Demodulate



(Photo courtesy of Jesse Kenneth Cotu Williams)

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Woo!